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The Puritans Believed in predestination. Predestination is the belief that you are one of the elect or reject. They believed that God had the power to elect or reject you. There was no way of knowing if they would get elected or rejected by God. The Puritans basically wore a mask to act as if they were chosen by God.

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The Puritans later began to think that the devil was amongst them. They believed that the devil was alive and trying to stop them from achieving their goal. This lead them to thinking witches and warlocks were amongst them as well. Whenever a natural disaster happened they thought that was a way the devil was trying to stop them. The Puritans thought of this whenever any bad experience happens.

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The Salem Witch Trials was a horrific time in history when people thought that witchcraft was being practices. Witchcraft was common in Europe during these times. Foreign influence caused witchcraft hysteria in Salem. Whenever a witch was caught they were killed and the only was of surviving was confessing to witchcraft and living with the consequences. Over 200 people were accused of witchcraft and many were executed.

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Predestination was the belief that God would choose to elect or reject. To the Puritans, there was never a bad time to mention God. In school there was never a bad time to mention Jesus. The Puritans wanted to start a new world or government run by God. They believed in starting a theocracy run by God. God was someone that the Puritans worshipped and cherished.

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The Puritans were originally from England but did not like it there because it was too Catholic for their liking. The Puritans moved away also to create a new world run by God. They had numerous beliefs but one that stands out is the belief in the idea of total depravity. Total depravity is the ability to sin. The Puritans arrived in the 1620's and wanted to worship any god they wanted, the way they wanted.